Ice Cream

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In this chemistry activity, learners use the lowered freezing point of water to chill another mixture (ice cream) to the solid state. Learners will record the temperature of the ice before and after mixing it with the ice cream ingredients and discover that adding a solute to a solvent lowers the freezing point of that solvent (also known as a colligative property). This activity can also be used to introduce learners to crystallization. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
Under 5 minutes
Learning Time:
10 to 30 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
$1 - $5 per student
Age Range:
Ages 6 - 18
Resource Types:
Activity, Experiment/Lab Activity
Language:
English

Materials List (per student)

  • 1 quart Ziploc™ bag
  • 1 gallon Ziploc™ bag
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
  • sodium chloride or rock salt
  • ice
  • thermometer
  • measuring cups (1, 1/2, and 1/4 cups)
  • Styrofoam™ cups
  • plastic spoons

Keywords

Subjects

  • Mathematics
    • Data Analysis and Probability
      • Data Analysis
      • Data Collection
    • Measurement
  • Physical Sciences
    • Heat and Thermodynamics
      • Heat and Temperature
    • Chemistry
      • Solutions
    • States of Matter
      • Changes of Phase
    • Structure and Properties of Matter
  • The Nature of Science
    • The Scientific Process
      • Conducting Investigations
      • Gathering Data
      • Formulating Explanations

Informal Categories

  • Food and Cooking

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • read
  • taste
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

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